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rival

Definition

  • noun: a person or thing that tries to defeat or be more successful than another
  • noun: one of two or more striving to reach or obtain something that only one can possess
  • verb: to be as good or almost as good as (someone or something)
  • verb: to act as a rival
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: compete, emulator, antagonist

Examples

  • The company's latest cell phone has no 'rival/rivals'. [=the company's newest cell phone is much better than all others available]

  • The company's paper is the 'rival' of any in the world. [=it is as good as any paper in the world]

  • He told a 'rival' version of the story. [=a version that disagrees with another version]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) All her enemies. Including Olenna Tyrell. I'm a Tarly. That name means something. We're not oathbreakers. We're not schemers. We don't stab our rivals in the back or cut their throats at weddings. I swore an oath to House Tyrell. You swore an oath to the crown as well, Lord Tarly. I've known Olenna (..)
    2017 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Stormborn Season: 7 Episode 2